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mnewbanks@mariettatimes.com Photo submitted Kristo Kriechbaum stands near a copy of the Curiosity rover, which landed on Mars in 2012. He has worked for NASA for 15 years. A 1995 Marietta High School graduate is getting to live out the dream of many kids who look to the stars for inspiration. Kristo Kriechbaum, who now lives in Altadena, Calif., was “always kind of interested in engineering-type stuff.” “I enjoyed playing with Legos and Tinker Toys,” he said. The Mars Pathfinder rover was launched in the mid-1990s, which sparked Kristo’s interest. “It was tiny, no bigger than a t...

The Women Who Made the Arrival on Mars a Reality Published: - Feb 25, 2021 Involved in every step of the planning, construction, and arrival of Perseverance to Mars, several women boldly charted a path for the future of girls and humanity. These are some of the many women who have been crucial in this great step in history. The Woman Post | Laura Valentina Cortés Sierra Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio tag. NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover landed on Thursday, February 18, after nearly seven months of space navigation. The overall objective of the m...

February 24th, 2021, 3:42PM / BY Mariah Baker Artist’s rendition of Ingenuity flying on Mars. (NASA/JPL-Caltech) The landing of the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover (“Percy”) on Thursday, February 18, 2021 marked the start of NASA’s ninth surface mission on the Red Planet. Percy touched down in Jezero crater on Mars, where she will set off exploring new and uncharted terrains in search of ancient signs of life. Nearly 60 years have passed since the first spacecraft were sent to Mars, and it’s inspiring (albeit sometimes unbelievable) to reflect on the progress that ...

When 60 Minutes’ Hysteria Nearly Shot Down a NASA Mission to Saturn David W. Brown © Provided by The Daily Beast NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute via Getty Few impediments could have been more severe. For a spacecraft to reach the Jovian system with enough speed to eventually achieve orbit around Europa, it had to either launch from a powerful rocket (which NASA lacked, limiting spacecraft to a space shuttle deployment) or be absurdly light (which the required radiation armor rendered impossible). JPL engineers dashed out hastily written equations in chalk before ...

Perseverance landed on Mars at 22:55 SAST. NASA will release high-res photos in due course, however, here is the first snapshot.